Last night (01/24/11) in Pullman Washington up and coming buzz band Buffalo Death Beam performed a 45 minute set at the cities newest concert venue The Belltower. You can watch the entire performance below. For more on Buffalo Death Beam, check out the bands official webpage by clicking here.  You can also check out a great write up about the band from our pals at Antiquiet by clicking here.   http://youtu.be/6skf1W86AMY?hd=1 Read More

2012 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival Artists Announced Now in its 5th year, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has just announced what bands will be performing for 2012. Slipknot and Slayer will headline the main stage this summer, and will be joined by a third mystery artist to be named on March 5th. The main stages fourth slot will rotate between As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria and The Devil Wears Prada. Thrash legends Anthrax will headline the festivals Jagermeister Side Stage. Also appearing ... Read More

GWAR Announces Spring Leg of the Return of the World Maggot Tour GWAR is about to awaken from their winter hibernation and return to the road for a spring leg of their Return of the World Maggot Tour. The trek will kick off with a special tribute for fallen guitarist Cory Smoot (AKA Flattus Maximus) at the National Theatre in Richmond, VA on March 16th. All proceeds from the Smoot Family Fund. From there, the tour will hit such exotic locations as Toledo ... Read More

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce North American Arena Tour With a new album entitled Wrecking Ball on March 6th, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have just announced dates for a North American Arena tour. The trek will kick off March 18th in Atlanta Georgia and is currently scheduled to wrap up on May 2nd in Newark, NJ. The tour includes multiple nights in Philadelphia and New York as well as a stop at the New Orleans Jazz Festival ... Read More

Wilco Pays Conan O'Brien a Visit We like Wilco. However Wilco does not like fans with cameras, something about ruining the experience. So it's rare that we go see the band live. Well that and the fact we are still not big enough to get a photo pass from Mr. Tweedy. Rev did write this back when Jay died. Anyways, let’s just get to the reason you came to this post, you want to watch Wilco rock the Warner Bros. lot in beautiful ... Read More

I have been a fan of Machine Head since before the " Burning Red " album was released. That CD release show was one of the first shows I have ever attended at Pop's Concert and Nightclub in beautiful, sunny Sauget, IL. Its hard to believe its been over 10 years since that day or summer. A lot has changed, new albums, new haircuts, new groupies and a lot has stayed the same. Hard fucking music brought to you as only Machine ... Read More

The next show to be covered on my 2011 “The Lost Reviews” extravaganza is The Devil Makes Three and Brown Bird, coming to Eugene and selling out their first show at McDonald Theatre on 11/18/11. To be honest folks, this was the first time I have witnessed The Devil Makes Three play live. I had heard from numerous people that they put on a show that is not to be missed. When in Eugene prior to this show, the band used to ... Read More

Well folks, I have encountered this question many times in the last couple months, “Hey Phishbeard, why do you go to so many shows, but haven’t posted reviews to everything you have seen?”. My answer to that question is hard to truly justify. I have been without my laptop for some time now and often I am on the road for numerous days before I even get a chance to sit down at a computer. Coupled with my ... Read More

St. Vincent Spring 2012 US Tour Dates The beautiful and highly talented Annie Erin Clark (better known as St. Vincent) has announced spring tour dates in support of her 2011 effort Strange Mercy. The trek will kick off on April 14th at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and wrap May 24th at the National in Richmond Virginia. St. tUnE-yArDs will support St. Vincent on the west coast dates sandwiched by both weekends of Coachella. A full list of dates for St. ... Read More

Joseph Arthur Rocks The Late Show With David Letterman In the day and age of embedded video, it is rare I ever tune into late night Television to catch a musical artist. However the moment I heard that Concert Confessions favorite Joseph Arthur would be a guest of David Letterman, I made sure to sit my ass down on the couch around 12:15 am PST to catch one of the brightest artists to emerge over the past 25 years. Supporting his just released FREE ... Read More

WAKARUSA 2012 May 31 - June 3, 2012 Mulberry Mountain - Ozark, AR (About 1 Hr from Fayetteville and Fort Smith) Updated: 1/19/12 with complete lineup Only 2 / 3 of the Wakarusa Festival lineup has been released so far, and you should make it a priority to snag your tickets and premium camping passes now because they won't last! This year the Waka gods have decided to release the lineup in "3 equally weighted parts." The first announcement was made last week and featured eletronic producer ... Read More

Grouplove Pay Jimmy Kimmel Live A Visit We here at Concert Confessions have been trying to see Grouplove for a while. As you may recall, our founder Reverend Justito attempted to catch the band on the Pan Handle stage at the 2011 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. However with a massive crowd assembled at the solar powered stage, he couldn’t even get close enough to hear the band let alone see them. Then our youngest and quite possibly brightest contributor Jakob Ross caught ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Announce Spring 2012 North American Tour Death Cab For Cutie are once again hitting the road to support 2011’s disappointment Keys and Codes. The trek will feature support from the San Francisco based group Magik*Magik Orchestra and kicks off in Denver Colorado on April 10th. After stops in such luxurious locations as Grand Rapids, Knoxville and Oakland, the tour will wrap in Seattle Washington on May 13th. A full list of dates for Death Cab For Cutie’s Spring North ... Read More

Girls Hit The Road In Support of Father, Son & Holy Ghost Who doesn’t love Girls? Fresh off their near capacity throw down last month at the Fonda in Hollywood, CA, the San Francisco based group is about to hit the road for a quick 2 ½ week US Tour. Sharing the stage with Girls on this trek will be Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Information on the brief trek can be found below. Girls will also take part in the Sold Out 2012 Coachella Music ... Read More

Words by Jay Porks/Photo Reverend Justito On Monday, St. Vincent stopped by Conan on a night where Kate Beckinsale's hotness almost blew up my television. Another artist that will be at Coachella 2012 they were introduced and strummed a few chords of an Elvis Costello-ish sounding tune. Then, just when it's about to break Annie Erin Clark waves her hands in the air demanding the band stop. She then says into the mic "I'm sorry ladies and gentleman, there is no ... Read More

After 15 years straight of playing large venues such as amplitheatres , arenas and race car tracks. Kid Rock and the respective Twisted Brown Trucker Band came back to revisit the club days. They haven't played clubs since 1999 and it was exciting to be able to buy general admission floor tickets for one of the best venues in the midwest. The Midland Theater right next to the Power And Light District of Kansas City, Missouri. Day of show the biggest Kid ... Read More

I have to start this by saying thank you Firebird for hosting so many great shows in the past few years. If you wanna watch people become stars, this is a great place to do that. With all genres of music at The Firebird each day, I often check their website for new listings. While searching last week, I noticed a fimilar name : Hopsin was coming to rock. Oddly enough it was a early show that was scheduled to start at 5 ... Read More

Blitzen Trapper March 2012 Tour Dates With their 2011 effort American Goldwing still fresh in our memories, Portland Oregon based Blitzen Trapper are about to head back out on the road for a quick west coast tour. The small club tour begins with a stop in Humboldt County on March 3rd and wraps 18 days later in the great state of Utah. Check out our review of Blitzen Trapper’s gig at the Music Box in Hollywood last fall and feel free to check ... Read More

The Decemberists Set To Release Live Concert Record The pride of Portland Oregon – The Decemberists are set to release their first live album. We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) features songs from the groups entire career from twelve separate performances. Rolling Stone reports that some of the venues include the Ryman in Nashville, Stubb’s BBQ in Austin and McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre in Portland. The album will be released as a digital download, a 2 disc CD set and ... Read More

Sleigh Bells Map Out North American Trek In Support of Reign of Terror With their sophomore effort Reign of Terror hitting shelves later this year, the duo of Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss (better known as Sleigh Bells) have announced a brief tour of the United States/Canada. Half of the dates will be performed in Miller’s home state of Florida while the second half will hit major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Check out some the review our pal thenaturalstoner ... Read More

Middle Class Rut To Support Chevelle On Winter US Tour It’s hard to believe that it has been almost two years since we saw Middle Class Rut open for Them Crooked Vultures in downtown Los Angeles. The hard working duo is ready to get back into the van and hit the road for more dates. This time the sons of Sacramento will be supporting Chevelle. Most dates for the trek are on sale now; check out the list of dates below to see ... Read More